New Voices Festival 2024: Departures III

First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn • 119 Pierrepont St. Brooklyn, NY 11201

Thursday, June 6, 2024 7:30PM

Pre-Concert Lecture (7:00PM): Daniel Felsenfeld
Digital Release Monday, June 24, 2024

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Individual Tickets: $35 General Admission*

Lembit Beecher and Liza Balkan’s masterful Looking at Spring is a poignant reflection on aging.  New works by Daniel Felsenfeld and Jessica Meyer exploring themes of loneliness and Pandemic-era songs by Caroline Shaw and Alex Weiser round out the program.

Lembit Beecher: Looking at Spring
Daniel Felsenfeld: Visiting San Francisco (BASS Commission, World Premiere)
Jessica Meyer: with a gift for burning (BASS Commission, World Premiere)
Caroline Shaw: How Do I Find You
Alex Weiser: Let It Be Forgotten

Mary Bonhag soprano
Sarah Nelson Craft mezzo soprano
Andrew Fuchs tenor 
Stanichka Dimitrova violin Jessica Meyer viola
Karen Ouzounian cello Margeurite Cox bass
Lembit Beecher, Michael Brofman piano

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